The Social Costs of Treatment Programs
The medicalization of deviance refers to the identification as diseases or illnesses of patterns of behavior that were previously considered in moral terms. Herbert Spencer viewed society as analogous to a living organism. A problem or "disease" in one part of the organism affects the enti...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer Science + Business Media B. V.
[2000]
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Journal of religion and health
Year: 2000, Volume: 39, Issue: 1, Pages: 43-49 |
Further subjects: | B
Drug Abuse
B Clinical Setting B Living Organism B Mental Illness B Treatment Program |
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